Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-24
OVER THE GREEN CLOTH.
How Sons showmen Dropped Their Money
In Wyoming.

$1,000
IN Wyoming.
Laramie Boomerang,
For once the circus did not take more
money out of Laramie than IL left here,
directly and indirectly and the adverse
circumstances under which the big shows
gave several hundred citizens shout 5
cents worth of exhibition for 81 s head
admission, are Offset by the fact that
there was left here between 5000 and
$4,000 in solid cash, for which the losers
received no equivalent whatever except
the satisfaction of dealing with, as
they expressed it themselves, "the
squarest men they ever encountered over
the green cloth
Accompanying the circus was q small
syndicate of gamblers who had had pretty
near their own way all the way from Port
land to this city, having gwen battle and
defeated Fsro's hosts everywhere along
the line. From Portland they carried off
| SIG, 200 and from Butte $4,000. It is
claimed that they "broke the bank" at
| Shoshone Falls, slew the tiger at Ogden
and vanquished foes Of the same species
at Green River and Rawlins. They were
blooded and they swooped down on the
Gem City with the expectation of levying
| tribute from this city in proportion to it's
wealthy and the size of the menagerie.
They reached the city about a. m. and
at once started in search Of the enepags
They wanted game with limitgand
when they fell up against Charlie Whit
man and Sam Geason, who deal the game
at CIeve's old place, they got what, they
were looking for and by 10 O'Clock
opened the battle. 3
They had limit of $50 part of the time
and 800 the rest, and could have had it
as much higher as they desired. At first
the fortunes of war appeared to reusiu
| with the invaders, who had been gIutted
with victories elsewhere, but the tide
turned against them as the day wore Oh,
and their banners dropped lower as the
evening shadows fell over field they
would not yet surrender. There was no
Joshua to command the sun to stand still,
but by the electric light an unbroken
front was presented to the local forces OF
King Faro.
The news that there was big game on
hand was noised about town, and 100 OR
more interested spectators dropped in
and spent the night in watching the
plucky strangers pay down their gold and
greenbacks for yellow ivory chips, at S.
per chip, and lose them as fast as the
cards could be turned. The playing
finally settled down to one man, whose
own resources and his credit with his
friends were apparently unlimited. He
seldom made bet as low as $40, and
generally had $3.50 to 5000 on the board
at once. Roll after roll of tens and TWEEN
ties were flashed up and gradually van
i0hod with 10 ~ Q00 or01H
duced from sundry breeches pockets.
He generally invested 800 to 5000 in
chips at purchase, but about midnight
for better luck.
Victory was not for the invaders this
time, however, and at ten minutes to 2
O'Clock the last chip disappeared, the
player closed the rack and rose to go, and
in response to the inquiry of one of his
friends if he was ready to quit. responded
"Well, 1 should say I ami" He had
dropped about $4,000 in the bank during
the sixteen hours he sat in the game. The
amount PROBABLY exceeded this, but these
are bank figures.
Besides this crowd, there were several
pretty heavy local players, who generally
had the same luck, one of them losing
$500 or $500. 1t was the biggest game
that has been seen in Laramie for q long
time, and, while the strangers were nice
enough people, the sympathy Of the audi
ence was for once with the tiger. They
came to shear, and they went forth shorn.
Laramie people may be fooled once on
the shell game, but on square deal they
can accommodate travelling combinations
with almost any sort of amusement they
want.